Chapter 352: Death to those who stand in my way
Cao Cao could only grit his teeth, and he took his soldiers and horses to support him, and now Cao Cao does not want to be able to kill Niu Fu, but only to be able to be under the charge of Niu Fu, and not to lose too much. Otherwise, Cao Cao will be distressed like cutting meat.
"Yuan Rang, you are responsible for intercepting and killing the main general Niu Fu and the deputy general Xu Rong, Zixiao, you lead the army and arrange the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, focusing on defense and guarding first. Miaocai, you lead 500 soldiers and horses, roaming the outer flank, mainly to spy on whether there are reinforcements or enemy attacks. Zilian, you continue to guard the Chinese army, take the general as the center, command the pro-military camp, and be ready to respond at any time. ”
Cao Cao no longer pinned his hopes on Lu Bu, at this time it was not far from the gate of Luoyang, the capital, as long as it was supported and not scattered by Niu Fu, within half a day, there would definitely be an army of candidates to enter Luoyang City, and Cao Cao would be rescued.
Of course, Cao Cao didn't know that Niu Fu and Xu Rong were just trying to escape, otherwise, Cao Cao would definitely give way generously and let Niu Fu and Xu Rong lead their troops safely.
Cao Cao had to say that he had to do his best, and made arrangements for the four generals under his command, since the last time he was in the Yuzhou Governor's Society, he lost Li Dian Li Mancheng, and it didn't take long for Le Jin to leave Cao Cao and no longer serve Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao's generals are all relatives, and Le Jin, a foreign general, can't get along.
Now Cao Cao found that there were too few generals in his hands, if he was like Cheng Yuanzhi, there were Liu Guanzhang, as well as Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and others, how good it would be, in the face of Niu Fu leading the army to attack, it was completely possible to temporarily disperse the army, divide it into small groups and small army formations one after another, and fight for each other, and it would be best to kill Niu Fu's soldiers to the limit.
Cao Cao's army is well-trained, and the deputy general Xu Rong sent by Niu Fu has not yet arrived, and Cao Cao's army has already set up a military formation, waiting to meet the enemy.
"Get out of the way, death to those who stand in my way!" Xu Rong stabbed with a long shot and took the general of Cao Cao's army, Xu Rong now just wants to open a bloody road, and flee to the palace with Niu Fu to join Dong Zhuo.
Xu Rong knew that time was running out, the spear in his hand was like a rainbow through the sun, and in an instant, Xu Rong had already stabbed out several shots, but unfortunately the opponent Xu Rong chose was Xia Houdun, only to see Xia Houdun raise his hand lightly without hurry, and waved the big knife in his hand forward, and under the big opening and closing, he set up Xu Rong's spear, no matter how Xu Rong's spear stabbed, Xia Houdun was still out of the knife, accurately checked.
Xu Rong knew that this time it was bad, he hit the iron plate, and he didn't expect that the martial arts of the man in front of him were almost the same as Lu Bu, only weaker than Lu Bu, probably less arrogant.
"General Xu, don't fall in love with war, rush straight over with soldiers and horses, it's important to find the Taishi." Niu Fu was behind, and when he saw that Xu Rong was blocked by Xia Houdun, he thought that Xu Rong was deliberately delaying and wanted to fight with Cao Cao's generals.
For Xu Rong's martial arts, Niu Fu knows, in terms of combat power, Xu Rong is not weaker than Guo Yan and Fan Chou, at most between Hua Xiong and Zhang Liao, although it is not as good as Lu Bu, but it also has merits.
With Xu Rong's martial arts, the spear was stabbed, which should have taken away a life, where did the stabbing come from so many times, and the general under Cao Cao was still intact, this was simply an intentional release of water.
Niu Fu marched straight forward with his horse, crushing all the more than 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, without waiting for Xu Rong and Xia Houdun to divide the victory.
Xia Houdun was shocked, this Niu Fu actually adopted this style of play, generally speaking, when the two armies face each other, most of them have to be made by the generals of both sides, and they have to fight each other, how can there be just a move, and the army is directly in charge.
Niu Fu clearly didn't take Xu Rong's life in his eyes, you must know that letting the Xiliang Iron Cavalry charge directly in this way, although it would make Cao Cao's army scramble, but if one of them was not good, Xu Rong would have to get in.
"Quick, Zixiao, protect the lord, break through, retreat!" Xia Houdun had to swing Xu Rong away, and then patted the horse and left, and directly called Cao Ren, asking Cao Ren to take the soldiers and horses to protect Cao Cao first.
After all, it is not terrible for a soldier to ride in Xiliang, but tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry charged, like a torrent of steel, and there were no living people wherever the war horses passed.
Cao Cao's army had an idea, and he could only avoid the edge for the time being, otherwise Cao Cao's 4,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid that even if they blocked Niu Fu's Xiliang Iron Cavalry Army, under the impact of a shock, I am afraid that more than half of them would be killed or wounded.
Cao Ren knew that what Xia Houdun said was extremely right, how much he hated Dong Zhuo, and he couldn't erase the combat power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was currently the best cavalry, and there was no one.
Although Cao Cao intends to train a cavalry, he has already begun to prepare, and the name has been set, so he will be called the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but unfortunately Cao Cao has not been able to train Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry with such combat power.
Sure enough, as soon as Niu Fu's army passed, Cao Cao's army, except for the soldiers who left behind to cover the break, were all trampled to death by the war horses of Xiliang Tieqi, and Cao Cao and others first dodged over.
However, Niu Fu was also uncomfortable, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command suffered more casualties than Cao Cao's army, and the 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry charged in a wave, and actually lost more than 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Niu Fu and Xu Rong found that this Cao Cao was as cunning as a fox, and it seemed that he deliberately did not fight to the death with Niu Fujun, and in order to save his life, he let Niu Fujun rush over in exchange for Cao Cao and others to dodge.
"General Xu, you are excellent in martial arts and marksmanship, you are responsible for covering the retreat of the general and helping to break the rear." Niu Fu saw that Xiliang Tieqi had killed Cao Caojun, and his heart was refreshed, knowing that this life had finally been picked up, so he couldn't help but put up the shelf again, and let Xu Rong be responsible for covering the broken rear and guarding the back.
Oh, when it comes to escaping, how can there be a deputy general who flees in front of the main general, isn't this a mess.
Niu Fu gave Xu Rong an order as soon as possible, asking Xu Rong to slow down the speed of the war horse and deal with the aftermath for Niu Fu, but Xu Rong had no choice but to comply.
Don't look at Niu Fujun's first wave of defeat just now, Cao Cao's army was caught off guard, but when Niu Fu didn't lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to turn around and continue to charge the second wave, Cao Cao knew that Niu Fu was going to escape.
Cao Cao hurriedly asked Xia Houdun and Cao Ren to gather the remnants of the army, and in turn chased and killed Niu Fu's army for a while, asking Niu Fu for a little interest.
"The thief will Niu Fu don't go, there is a kind of stay and fight with this general for three hundred rounds." Xia Houdun quickly caught up with the Niu Fu army, ignoring the rout of Cao Cao's army, and wanted to keep Niu Fu.
Xia Houdun's combat power is stronger than Cao Ren, but when it comes to leading the army, it is not half a cut off from Cao Ren, Xia Houdun knows his strengths and weaknesses, and he did not go to collect the remnants of the army like Cao Ren, but directly took the thief general.
Xia Houdun rushed up single-handedly and chased after Niu Fu, but he was about to catch up, but he saw that Xu Rong slowed down the speed of his horse and came to meet Xia Houdun.
"Thieves must not be rampant, this general Xu Rong came to fetch you." Xu Rong didn't have a good fight with Xia Houdun just now, but now he saw that Xia Houdun had caught up again, and he also burned with a raging fighting spirit.